TfL junk food ad ban has helped Londoners shop more healthily – study Researchers estimate a 1,000 calorie decrease in unhealthy purchases associated with the policy The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2022
Londoners ‘buy less junk food’ after advertising ban on Tube and buses, study finds Households purchased 1,000 fewer calories a week since the ban, the study showed Evening Standard · Feb 17, 2022
TfL Bailout: Sadiq Khan ‘hopeful but not confident’ of long-term deal as deadline looms Sadiq Khan has said he is “hopeful, but not confident” of securing a long-term funding deal for TfL from the Government. Evening Standard · Feb 17, 2022
Revealed: The London boroughs with the highest number of e-scooter collisions ‘Personal injury collisions’ involving e-scooters recorded by police shot up from just eight in 2018 to 250 in 202 Evening Standard · Feb 16, 2022
TfL ‘paralysed’ by lack of long-term funding deal The failure to strike a deal with the Government has also put ‘at risk’ hopes for new trains on Bakerloo and Central lines Evening Standard · Feb 16, 2022
Londoners face another price hike as Uber fares to ‘rise by 20%’ TfL is working with the operator to introduce the fare within weeks Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2022
Sadiq Khan accused of failing to control TfL finances by senior London Tory ‘His knee-jerk reaction is to blame the Government, so it makes you question why he wanted to be elected,’ Mr Boff said Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2022
TfL: Everything you need to know about upcoming London bus service cuts London’s commuters are facing yet more misery in the near future as TfL is set to make a decision on whether to axe several key bus routes in the coming weeks. Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2022
Is there a whiff of low politics about TfL fare rises for a Labour-voting city? There’s a map I like to look at, when I want to cheer myself up with some nerdy London transport goodness. It’s not one of those (believe me, there are many) that imagines vast numbers of new lines, a suspiciously high proportion of which serve the area in which the… Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2022
Cycle lane could be extended along Chelsea Embankment after series of collisions A protected cycle lane could be extended along Chelsea Embankment to reduce the risk from traffic crossing the Thames. Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2022
Biggest fares hike for a decade as TfL enters ‘managed decline’ If I were looking to impart a positive spin on the biggest TfL fares increases in a decade, I might say it is at least, technically, below December’s 30-year high inflation rate of 5.4 per cent. Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2022
London tube and bus fares to rise almost 5% from next month Sadiq Khan blames second consecutive annual increase on government’s refusal to fund TfL properly The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2022
Tfl price increase 2022: When will fares rise on London Tube and bus and why? Bus passengers will bear the brunt of the fares rise announced by Mayor Sadiq Khan. Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2022
London tube and bus fares experience biggest price hike in a decade amid cost of living crisis ‘I have done everything in my power to keep fares as affordable as possible,’ says Sadiq Khan The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2022
Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2022 Evening Standard Comment: TfL fares rise is new blow in cost of living crisis The cost of living crisis ratcheted up this morning, as Londoners received the news of a 4.8 per cent rise in TfL fares. This represents the largest annual rise in a decade and will mean passengers paying an estimated £151 million more to travel this year.
Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2022 TfL fare increase will ‘dampen’ London’s economic recovery, Sadiq Khan warned Increasing TfL fares will “dampen” London’s economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, a leading thinktank has warned.
The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2022 London Underground and bus fares to increase from next month Fares are increasing in total by 4.8% across Transport for London from March 1.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2022 TfL fined me for driving in the ULEZ – has someone cloned my car plates? A reader received charges, but their vehicle was in a car park at the times the ‘offences’ took place
The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2022 New London buses hailed as ‘vital’ for getting people out of cars Transport for London said the electric vehicles boost productivity and have a more ‘open feel’.
Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2022 New London route 63 buses with skylights and phone chargers officially launched TfL said the new buses were ‘a sign of what the future of buses could be’ if financial help was secured
Daily Mirror · Feb 10, 2022 Terrifying video shows house fire started by e-bike battery explosion The horrifying clip shows thick smoke billowing out of a downstairs window coming from the house fire in Leytonstone, London, which erupted as the lithium e-bike battery was charging
Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2022 London Tube passenger numbers surge by 25% after WFH guidance scrapped, TfL reveals TfL expects that Tube passenger numbers will never return to pre-pandemic levels
Evening Standard · Feb 9, 2022 20mph speed limits to be rolled out on more London roads, TfL announces Roads in Haringey, Tower Hamlets, Croydon , Hackney and Enfield will see lower speed limits introduced in bid to cut injuries and deaths
Evening Standard · Feb 9, 2022 Downing Street piles pressure on Sadiq Khan to drop London Tube mask rules Commuters are still required to wear masks on TfL services despite regulations being eased elsewhere
Evening Standard · Feb 9, 2022 TfL rejects new Covid bailout over ‘unacceptable’ terms imposed for extra cash TfL is seeking a long-term deal to keep Tube and bus services running following a huge drop in income